Mount DeBreuck
| Mount DeBreuck | ||
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| height | 2000 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Fabiola Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ S , 35 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount DeBreuck ( French Mont De Breuck [sic!]) Is a roughly 2000 m high and mostly ice-free mountain in Queen Maud's East Antarctic country . It is the northernmost point in the Queen Fabiola Mountains .
Participants in a Belgian Antarctic expedition lasting from 1959 to 1961 discovered it on October 7, 1960. Expedition leader Guido Derom (1923-2005) named the mountain after the American glaciologist William DeBreuck, who was involved in the exploratory flights during this research trip.
Web links
- Mount DeBreuck in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount DeBreuck on geographic.org (English)